as in omnipotent
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knowing everything; having unlimited understanding or knowledge
an omniscient deity The novel has an omniscient narrator.
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Recent Examples of omniscient
Freeman serves as an omniscient narrator for performances by the Symphonic Blues Experience, sharing history, introducing characters, providing cultural context for the music and its influence.
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Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
Music is deeply woven into the film’s fabric, with performances and songs from both actors and musicians serving as the omniscient voice of the characters’ lives.
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John Hopewell,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
Second, could de-extinction technologies be misunderstood or have unforeseen consequences for (less than omniscient) human beings?
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JSTOR Daily,
13 Nov. 2025
As Meggie Yu, our seemingly omniscient guide from InsideAsia Tours, explained, these buildings were themselves slated for demolition to make way for a neighborhood park until the city, recognizing their historical value, changed course and established Donuimun in 2017.
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Jesse Ashlock,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Aug. 2023
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Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
Music is deeply woven into the film’s fabric, with performances and songs from both actors and musicians serving as the omniscient voice of the characters’ lives.
—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
Second, could de-extinction technologies be misunderstood or have unforeseen consequences for (less than omniscient) human beings?
—
JSTOR Daily,
13 Nov. 2025
As Meggie Yu, our seemingly omniscient guide from InsideAsia Tours, explained, these buildings were themselves slated for demolition to make way for a neighborhood park until the city, recognizing their historical value, changed course and established Donuimun in 2017.
—
Jesse Ashlock,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for omniscient
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Over his 18-year tenure at the Fed, Greenspan embodied the omnipotent technocrat — a legacy critics say was fatally undermined by his failure to spot the 2008 housing bubble.
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Jurors are not asked to be omnipotent.
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With the almighty Sun highlighting your 7th House of Partnership, commitments benefit from structure that includes realistic timelines and steadfast follow-through.
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The World Cup remains a sporting event but offers an almighty business opportunity for many sectors.
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Lobo As the cigar-smoking, alien, bounty hunter who teams up with Supergirl, Lobo possesses immense strength and is essentially immortal, having lived for hundreds of years.
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The closest the visually drab movie comes to excitement is the introduction of an amusing if underused Jason Momoa as Lobo, an immortal bounty hunter who looks like a heavy-metal god (or maybe a lost member of Kiss), chomping on a fat cigar and roaring around on his flying motorcycle.
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Best Pants Arrivals This summer, linen shorts, pull-on pants, and wearable silk will reign supreme.
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But this supreme and irresistible power to make or to unmake, resides only in the whole body of the people; not in any subdivision of them.
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For virtually all of human history, people were subjects of kings or rulers who claimed divine and unquestioned power.
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The labor of these aging world-builders becomes a blueprint to navigate memory, legacy, and mortality, revealing the divine spirit residing in their daily lives.
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The second movie, which brought back the original director David Frankel and screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, picks up 20 years later as Anne Hathaway’s Andy Sachs returns to Runway magazine as a features editor under Meryl Streep’s all-powerful editor-in-chief, Miranda Priestly.
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There were also some new characters joining Season 2 of the series including Robert House, played by Theroux, an enigmatic, all-powerful technocrat dedicated to the pursuit of his own interests by any means necessary.
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On the other hand, however, take a step back and the world-building is jaw-dropping; on a big screen, Rogue Trooper is almost overwhelming, and Barnard becomes an almost godlike presence by the end with his piercing white eyes (don’t worry, it’s explained).
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Since then, Tesla’s stock price has risen more than three-hundredfold, an ascent that explains Musk’s godlike status among investors who bought in early.
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“Omniscient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omniscient. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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